Cameron v. State

OVERTON, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for writ of cer-tiorari to review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal reported at 291 So.2d 222 (Fla.App. 4th, 1974). The District Court certified the following question:

“Does the failure to grant a preliminary hearing unto a defendant in a criminal case where there has been an information filed constitute reversible error ?”

We have jurisdiction.1

The petitioner was charged by information on December 5, 1972, with possession of marijuana. She subsequently entered a plea of not guilty and on December 21, 1972, filed a motion for…